Worker Injured After Semi Strikes Boom In Downtown Minneapolis

By Riley Fletcher, CBS Minnesota

October 26, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS — A semi truck driver hit a skyway maintenance worker in downtown Minneapolis early Wednesday afternoon.

Police from Minneapolis' First Precinct responded to reports of a crash on 10th Street South and Nicollet Mall around 12:25 p.m.

Authorities say a man in his 40s was operating a boom above the street, completing maintenance on the Minneapolis Skyway System when a semi truck traveling eastbound on 10th Street South struck the arm of the boom, causing it to collapse.

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